JINXED Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

jinxed 1 of 2

adjective

as in unhappy

having, prone to, or marked by bad luck this fishing rod must be jinxed, seeing as how I never catch anything

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jinxed

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verb

past tense of jinx

as in cursed

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blessed

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jinxed

Adjective

Advocates unhappy with California AG Media advocacy group Free Press criticized California Attorney General Rob Bonta.

— Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 21 Sep. 2026
Such promotions on social media and elsewhere might trigger some unhappy conversations between taxpayers and legitimate tax professionals.

— Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of unhappy

Verb

In a wartorn country where air travel is too perilous to even consider, the roads are the obvious option, but are jammed, precarious, and cursed with long, torturous border queues.

— Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026
Instead, the ghosts of flower power rose from their graves and cursed the entire Sex Squadron with a thundercloud of paranoia from all the bad acid trips ever to hit Haight-Ashbury.

— Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of cursed

Adjective

One of these evils had the mass murder of civilians as its intended goal; the other claims that its victims are unfortunate accidents.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
But those who get too close risk far more than a soaking, as Niagara is a graveyard for the reckless, the unfortunate and the desperate.

— Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of unfortunate

Verb

Nabutsilili, 45, said he was possessed by the rainmaking spirit as a 14-year-old boy when his legs mysteriously developed wounds.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Sep. 2026
Kain Colter’s generation tried to convince the country that college athletes possessed economic interests worthy of collective representation.

— Chris Corr, Sportico.com, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of possessed

Adjective

Manning was 23-for-37 for only 195 yards with one touchdown and a comically unlucky interception.

— Dan Santaromita, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Calvert-Lewin was unlucky to see a 34th-minute header marked down as an own goal after brushing the head of teammate Jayden Bogle on the way in.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of unlucky

Verb

Norway’s Erling Haaland, who charmed the world during this summer’s tournament, has more goals for club and country at 26 than either Messi or Ronaldo had at the same age.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
We are charmed by the charming Odette as a snake is charmed, held swaying in wonder, only to be disillusioned afterward.

— Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of charmed

Adjective

The agency might even take the opportunity to completely redesign the disastrous Ashland, Armitage and Elston Avenue intersection and save generations of Chicagoans the headache of spending 15 minutes navigating through a single stoplight.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026
Where his focus has been following the Dolphins’ special team unit’s disastrous performance in Miami’s 27-13 loss to the Las Vegas Raiders is patching the leaks that led to three massive returns to the Raiders and a missing a field-goal attempt.

— Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of disastrous

Verb

Still, there is no place for striker Deniz Undav, who led Germany with three goals and two assists at the World Cup before a round-of-32 loss on penalties to Paraguay spelled the end of coach Julian Nagelsmann's tenure.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026
While most are familiar with the name spelled John, this spelling has held its own spot on the chart since 1920.

— Sarah Scott, Parents, 17 Sep. 2026

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